Now who can tell me what I’m referencing?
This page was created on the back of a Ritz cracker box bound into my door journal. I very rarely use this journal…in fact I had put it away in the cupboard and forgotten about it until yesterday.
I seem to do my pages about a year part…so at that rate I’ll be done with this one in about 8 years. HA!
I’m linking up today with Art Journal Journey. This month’s theme is Through My Window.
I wasn’t sure I was going to play along with the theme this month. It didn’t really speak to me. But as I was searching through my bin of found text, this sentence appeared at my finger tips.
Generally I don’t work backward like this. Usually I create the spread then finish with words.
I began with a crazy paint splattered background that was super ugly. To many colors that didn’t quite mesh. But this often lends itself to depth in a page when adding layers.
I had intended on only using paint for the page but It became clear to me that having more texture would be the way to go.
Since I was going all in with texture I decided to keep my color palette small.
I’m glad I decided to play along. Challenges have a wonderful way of drawing me out of my comfort zone. It’s strange really that sometimes those are the pieces I’m most proud of at the end of the day.
Nothing like waiting to the last minute or the final hour to work on the Art Journal Journey theme for this month… TIME
Honestly I wasn’t working directly towards the theme but after placing the focal image down the idea that she was in a hurry came to mind. Then it was just a point of find the right words to fit her look.
I find it ironic that the happens to be an ermine on the page….part of the weasel family…often associated with being sneaky. Fun how things work out sometimes.
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